V-Ray standalone & alpha applied to output

[Fredrik Averpil]

When rendering render elements out of V-Ray for Maya, each render element also gets the alpha channel applied.

When rendering with V-Ray standalone, I'm not getting an alpha channel in any of my render elements. Is there any way to enable alpha for the render elements when rendering with V-Ray standalone?

[vlado]

Hmm, what file format are you saving to?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

This happens when I have .vrimg set as file format in Maya, exports as .vrscene and renders it using V-Ray standalone.

[vlado]

Do you convert the .vrimg file to OpenEXR afterwards?

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

Yes, like this:

vrimg2exr.exe "X:/path/to/sceneName_camera1_renderLayer1.0001.vrimg" -half -separateFiles -compression zips -bufsize 500

[vlado]

I see; you are right that we don't generate alpha in that case. Will make a note to add an option for it.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Fredrik Averpil]

Ah, that would be great. Thank you.